Synonyms for whammy
ˈʰwæm i, ˈwæm iwham·my

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1. whammynoun

   a serious or devastating setback

   Synonyms:
   curse, jinx, hex

2. hex, jinx, curse, whammynoun

   an evil spell

   "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"

   Synonyms:
   scourge, expletive, condemnation, swearing, curse word, jinx, oath, execration, cuss, curse, swearword, nemesis, bane, hex, torment, jonah

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1. Sagar Lonial:

   In many ways it's a double whammy in terms of the tumor itself.

2. Zoe Fortune:

   It's a double whammy and people don't know where to go for support.

3. Dave Brailsford:

   That transition to a new team and expecting someone to perform at a really high level early on into a new term is a bit of a double whammy, it's not a four-month goal. Our ambition with him is longer term.

4. Steve Levy:

   The double whammy was the fact that at the same time, you had President Obama rolling out the red carpet for over 100,000 unaccompanied minors from Central and South America, many of us warned that this was a recipe for disaster – to have 15- or 16-year-old young men without parents to be resettled in this area. MS-13 became their family.

5. Kevin Daly:

   This is a lot of negative news, that is for sure ... We have a double-whammy happening, meaning copper prices continue to soften, and production targets are really at risk because of Glencore news, you could see a double-digit fiscal deficit very easily this year.